On Friday, the Grapevine earthquake struck an area near Bakersfield, and about a year after a magnitude 5.2 quake struck near the same area.

What's clear from the study is that while California's next "Big One" may share some characteristics of previously documented ...

One person is dead and five people remain trapped after a mine collapsed following an earthquake in Chile.

Tsunami warnings have been issued in several countries after an 8.8-magnitude earthquake rocked Russia, with millions evacuated across Russia, the US and Japan ...

The Valdivia earthquake, also known as the Great Chile earthquake, is recorded as the most powerful quake in recorded history ...

Two million people are told to evacuate in Japan after an 8.8 magnitude earthquake, one of the strongest ever, hits Russia's eastern coast.

The quake, tied for the sixth strongest ever recorded, triggered tsunami warnings from Russia to Japan to Hawaii and the U.S. West Coast.